On 2004-02-08, Jason R. Mastaler penned: > "Monique Y. Herman" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > >> Most of these are order statuses (stati?) from online merchants whose >> email addresses I didn't anticipate[1] > > [...] > >> [1] [rant]Why, why, *why* is it that most online merchants don't >> simply tell you, at the time of the order placement, which email >> address they will be using for correspondence? And furthermore, why, >> why, *why* do some of them use multiple addresses, sometimes from >> different domains, some of which have absolutely no obvious >> relationship to the store? [/rant] > > Probably the best way to deal with this unavoidable phenomenon is to > use a unique extension addresses (a TMDA keyword address, or just a > plain one) for each merchant. I use scheme like jason+web+amazon, > jason+web+ebay, etc. I've been doing this for 6 years or so with > great success.
Yeah, this works ... but I still think they should be explicit about this kind of stuff. Not everyone has access to these features. Anyway, they should be working to make my life easier, rather than more complicated. I've used the unique email address trick on some accounts, but I don't think I should have to. -- monique _____________________________________________ tmda-users mailing list ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) http://tmda.net/lists/listinfo/tmda-users
